"6.53pm: Good people: we’ve had thrills, we’ve had a bit of a spill, and now it’s Friday evening and we are out of here. We have much to consider. Very little of it has anything to do with the mystery package. Enjoy your weekend, wherever you are!

6.50pm: What we’ve witnessed tonight is something truly special in the workings of a democracy: municipal committee work.

6.48pm: Nobody actually said the words “mortifying disappointment”, but they have decided to leave the paper-filled package and switch to the rest of the evening’s entertainment. Which starts with another violin.

6.47pm: There’s a deathly hush in the crowd. Suggestions that some onlookers have fallen asleep are greatly exaggerated.

6.44pm: Some letters from the United States. Something about finances for a Kringen memorial. Some newspapers. Still no exotic animals or jack-in-the-box type surprises. They just said "Protocol 1909". It's thrill-a-minute stuff this.6.41pm: It's not a mogwai or a troll. If you were expecting an anti-climax, you may well be on the mark. They just mentioned receipts, and documents, and a pennant that says "From the king". But don't give up hope, they haven't quite figured it all out yet.

6.40pm: There's a package inside the package!

6.38pm: Oh, this is flipping exciting!

6.36pm: The experts are getting their gloves on to open the package. Just in case."

So now something from around WWII-ish? Or are you guessing from him? Again, most curious. Thank you again.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19849788

I'm sorry but I don't really understand the question.

I'm a norwegian you know, and I really wasn't there at school that day I was suppose to learn this shit;)

Try again;)

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22475908

Yeah, I reread my question. I didn't understand it either. Sorry about that. Did they say the white cloth was from King Haaken 7? Or were you guessing it was from him? If it is most definitely from him then that adds more mystery. My family is from Skoyven. :)

So now something from around WWII-ish? Or are you guessing from him? Again, most curious. Thank you again.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19849788

I'm sorry but I don't really understand the question.

I'm a norwegian you know, and I really wasn't there at school that day I was suppose to learn this shit;)

Try again;)

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22475908

Yeah, I reread my question. I didn't understand it either. Sorry about that. Did they say the white cloth was from King Haaken 7? Or were you guessing it was from him? If it is most definitely from him then that adds more mystery. My family is from Skoyven. :)

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19849788

I don't think they say it, but the whole package is about the 300'th anniversary for "The Kringen Battle" - witch happen on the 26'th of august 1912 - and the king was there.

So now something from around WWII-ish? Or are you guessing from him? Again, most curious. Thank you again.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19849788

I'm sorry but I don't really understand the question.

I'm a norwegian you know, and I really wasn't there at school that day I was suppose to learn this shit;)

Try again;)

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22475908

Yeah, I reread my question. I didn't understand it either. Sorry about that. Did they say the white cloth was from King Haaken 7? Or were you guessing it was from him? If it is most definitely from him then that adds more mystery. My family is from Skoyven. :)

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19849788

I don't think they say it, but the whole package is about the 300'th anniversary for "The Kringen Battle" - witch happen on the 26'th of august 1912 - and the king was there.

And it says "Fra Kongen" - "From the king"

So I guess it's from Haakon 7.

Quoting: Norseman2083

Thank you so much for the answers. You've been awesome. Now, I'm going back to my fam history and this package. I wonder who the donating people from US were...

The video on page 67 shows them opening the package and quickly going through the documents. The curator briefly opened the book itemizing the donors and amounts so maybe someone could freeze that frame and enlarge it to see if names can be read and whether they are familiar names (Rothschild or some of that gang?).

It seems the king of Norway may have had these documents packaged. According to the videos others put up on this thread, the king was a good man, a man of integrity.

Many of the documents appear to relate to a 400-year-old event in a particular location as well as the monument erected in memory of that battle. The art on the monument shows a woman about to blow a horn (or look through a telescope?). She is part of the battle myth. A representation of the monument art was on one of the documents in the package. The monument was unveiled by the king in 1912 for the 300-year anniversary. Donations from Americans to have the monument built are listed in a booklet which was found inside the package. According to a news report, also in this thread, the donated amounts were very small. So why was this in the package?

It seems that something may be special about this location in Norway and they have used the myth of a great battle to keep energy focused there. The king knew the truth and wanted to reveal it at the right time. That's my guess.

news papers from 1914, 1919 and info from 1931 in a package that was sealed in 1912...

american protocols and letters from the states but with no answers... they rushed the process and when they came back to go through again most of the other stuff had gone... but as I said read the thread if you can.

The video on page 67 shows them opening the package and quickly going through the documents. The curator briefly opened the book itemizing the donors and amounts so maybe someone could freeze that frame and enlarge it to see if names can be read and whether they are familiar names (Rothschild or some of that gang?).

It seems the king of Norway may have had these documents packaged. According to the videos others put up on this thread, the king was a good man, a man of integrity.

Many of the documents appear to relate to a 400-year-old event in a particular location as well as the monument erected in memory of that battle. The art on the monument shows a woman about to blow a horn (or look through a telescope?). She is part of the battle myth. A representation of the monument art was on one of the documents in the package. The monument was unveiled by the king in 1912 for the 300-year anniversary. Donations from Americans to have the monument built are listed in a booklet which was found inside the package. According to a news report, also in this thread, the donated amounts were very small. So why was this in the package?

It seems that something may be special about this location in Norway and they have used the myth of a great battle to keep energy focused there. The king knew the truth and wanted to reveal it at the right time. That's my guess.

what if it featured the Map of the Inner Earth?what if it featured secret documents from the Tunguska Eventand the cause of the event were colliding Pyramids in the sky?what if it featured the Map of the Outer Earth?(Oh wait!)what if it featured the sock that got lost forever?

members of the American Society the Gudbrandsdal Lag is an organization of emigrant descendants from the Gudbrandsdal Valley in Norway and those interested in its history and culture. The Gudbrandsdal Lag was formed 12 September 1909 to maintain their ties to the homeland and provide a place for those emigrants to assemble.This is why there was mention of collecting Dollars, why there were Americans present yesterday and at the memorial erection in 1912 and several letters from the USA were in the package

The Society played an important part in the 300th. Anniversary in 1912

THe King was present at the unvailing of the memorial,in 1912 so its not unusual that there will be objects and mention of The King in the package contents.

However if we look at why the battle took place and who was doing the fighting. It is a sobering thought that these people were not soldiers, they were just everyday people, farmers etc, that through fear for their life and belongings took up a fight to protect themselves

quoteFear for one’s own life, farm and property

It is however less believable that this was due to any desire to serve the King in Copenhagen. It is much more likely that fear for one’s own life, farm and property was the reason behind the farmers’ total commitment in this situation.That so many as 4-500 men able to bear arms, out of a local population of some 3000 men, women and children, were able to gather at Kringen in time to meet the invaders, organize themselves and carry out an action of which they had absolutely no previous experience and under such extreme pressure because of lack of time - indicates that this was seen as a “be or not to be” situation by them.

Lonbakken points out another important fact: The leaders - i.e. Sheriffs Hågå and Randklev, must have been very highly respected in the farming communities. It is significant that it was they, and not the Bailiff, who lead the resistance at Kringen. [link to www.kringen1612.no]

Maybe there is something in this fact that the owner of the parcel wanted future generations to see, "In the face of opression- rise up"